People, Feb. 28, 1955

The onetime "treasurer" of Al Capone's vice syndicate, aging
(68) ex-Public Enemy Jake ("Greasy Thumb")* Guzik, heard
that the American Broadcasting Co.'s local TV station in Chicago was
cooking up a series on "notorious underworld leaders."
Figuring that the description fitted him like a kid glove, Greasy Thumb
filed suit to block ABC from giving his life a public airing. Said his
petition: "Guzik is not an athlete or actor, not a candidate for
public office, has never achieved fame in literature, the arts...